Volume 3 Chapter 7 (1/2)
Battle Station
To MeiJ the editor, who put her heart and soul into this chapter
Characters in this chapter:
Cohen Kheda: The main character
Jack, Marfa, Wilder, Moya: Homeless boys, Cohen's friends since then
Martin Luther: Aka Grandpa Red-nose, the grandfather of the Rohna sisters (Cohen's tives)
A caround with a capacity of five hundred men was rather small and could be wiped out by a thousand horsemen instantly
Myhts ith equipped with spears pointed its tip to the sky andto be their reinforcements, ready to initiate a surprise attack
In the setting sun, eneuards in the watchtoere alerted by the heavy sounds of hooves and yelled harshly to the soldiers below
It was currently their supper ti soldier looking for their weapons, coed to
Most of thean to notice our clothing and swear
The swears made the carabbed their weapons dropped theht ere on the same side
There were even a few junior officers who caate for us
”That's the assault forot a clear view on us and yelled, ”It's the assault for enemy!”
Since ere already extre anymore
An orange fireball flew froainst their gate
This was the signal to attack
The tightly ordered forht spears were lowered Orderly hoof clopping had suddenly becohts quickened their speed
The eneain experienced a new round of chaos The situation whereby an eneain had halted their response ti A sense of confusion was added in their eyes hindered their already slowed actions
The first ent on with five hundred ed towards the destination as I watched theth of five arms between every two to maximize the weapon power The distance between each roas approxith of fifteen horses lined up
The knights leaned close to their horseback to avoid inco their mounts with the heels of their feet Their task was to rush over to the other end of the camp
Martin Luther and I sat on our horsebacks and observed the battlefield quietly, alongside a few of our ers and staff officers
”What do you think about them?” Martin Luther pointed at the first wave of riders and asked
”Frantic mobs” I said bitterly, ”Can't spot any traces of extensive training”
Though I fancied my soldiers' first battle to wipe out the enemies beautifully, I had to be honest: because in the first rush wave, e their formation The first row had the most discrepancies, with some of them faster, some slower, and some who tried their best to keep up with the rest
”You are not holding back any mean comments” Martin Luther said with a poker face, ”This is your army”
”So what? Exactly because those arelike that I'll train them properly when it's all over” I talked as I watched them pour into the enemy camp
The small camp ithout much defense, other than thin fences and lined tents and a pile of goods on the ground
Now, the outer fence was burnt by ourin the air like weeds
Thunder like hoof stoh the perimeter and thrust their spears into the scattered ene their speed in the meantime
Speed was the life and soul of a knight
A dozen elf an to release massive and harmful air-type spells Before our opponents were able to pile up an effective defense, their spell which was as tiny as an air blade had already dealt tree
”A whole lot better” Martin Luther gazed at them carefully and was ready to make his first compliment He then saw one of ourhis spear froed off his horseback by his spear The horses who had arrived later did not stop, and he became a bloody pulp
”Unnecessary casualties” He shook his head and said, ”Looks like you need to fix them ahead of time”
I frowned and widened et a clearer look on the battle situation
However, I was disappointed
Our previouspanic and chaos to the ene deadly assaults by the following troops from the sides
For this, we had assigned all est soldiers to the first wave of cavalries, as well as providing theh hooks to tear down the tents
First, there was the weaponry probleher speed, the spear was easy to stab into a body yet difficult to retract One needed to have skillful hands and a rich combat experience
One could also retract the spear that was inserted at the right depth or stab into the right point to make the job easier An example was to pierce the chest and lift the spear to spin the body off
As a result, some of the men were forced to pull back their weapons because they were unskilled in estiht depth, which was an ineffective way to disable an enemy Most of them only had twisted th in their stabs
On top of that, soed off by their hooks which were meant to destroy the enemy's tents! Thankfully, the ene sto horses Otherwise, I could not expect those rookies to win this battle crap!
The leading knights rushed into the cah, fro chased, their formation messy and behavior unprofessional
If the plan had not been sketched out by experienced staff officers or had the re enemies not been cleaned up by the superior elf warlocks, or I had not confused our eneements, or if the enemies were not outnumbered, or if it were not an assault combat… I couldn't think any further
”Signal the troops, side attack!” I ordered
”But sir! Our first squad is still in battle if we send out the side troops we'll end up har our own!” A staff officer yelled There were currently hundreds ofin the camp
”I SAID assAULT!”
I slapped him to make my point clear I did not have tiht, not only would the ones who fell off their horses die, the enemies would have a chance to come up with an effective counter strike
Three more fireballs were launched into the sky, and the side knights rushed out